The project “A Gamified Approach to Youth Entrepreneurship Education“ (AGATE) is a strategic partnership for entrepreneurhsip led by a consortium of four youth organisations: Youth Cooperation Centre of Dilijan NGO (Armenia), Society for Innovative Business Support (Belarus), NGO Youth Progress (Estonia) and Experimentáculo Associação Cultural (Portugal). The 24-months initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of youth organisations in the Eastern Partnership region in youth entrepreneurship education, especially using a gamified approach for incremental learning. Specific objectives of AGATE includes: 1. To qualify youth workers in gamified non-formal educational methods fostering entrepreneurial skills and competences of young people, thus increasing youth employability2. To develop entrepreneurial games to be used by formal and non-formal educational institutions to foster youth entrepreneurial competences in Europe and especially in the Eastern Partnership region3. To increase entrepreneurial competences of young people using a gaming approach to learning4. To promote a gamified approach to youth entrepreneurship education and stimulate international cooperation among youth organisations and other providers of youth entrepreneurship education from the Eastern Partnership region and from the EU The AGATE project features international mobilities and local capacity-building activities, for instance:- An international training course for youth workers about youth entrepreneurship education and gaming for learning- The development of board games fostering entrepreneurship competences, and the publication and dissemination of the games on an online platform - Piloting of the AGATE games with youth workers over an international training course in Setubal and with young people over a youth exchange - A social media campaign to promote a gamified approach in education and most specifically the AGATE games to foster entrepreneurial competences- Local workshops on entrepreneurial competences for youth in Armenia and in Belarus- A Partnership-Building Activity gathering youth workers and other educational stakeholders to build partnerships and cooperation in entrepreneurship education- A Training of Trainers to qualify youth trainers in using gamification tools in youth entrepreneurship education- A large-scale multi-stakeholder conference “Games for Learning” to promote and advocate for gaming in entrepreneurship educationThe strategic partnership for entrepreneurship “AGATE” explores a gamified approach to youth entrepreneurship education especially targeted at youth residing in rural or urban deprived areas.

"Project ""Empowering Youth Participation"" is KA2 strategic partnership which creates opportunities to exchange good practices in the field of youth participation. The project will start on the 1st of July, 2020 and will last for 7 months. The project will be implemented by partners from Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Poland.This project will provide access to quality youth policy implementation methodologies and approaches from Lithuania. Lithuania, in less than three decades of independence, has developed a lot of good practices in the field of civic participation and citizen engagement. The well-developed (and institutionalized in the laws and strategies) youth participation structures and work of the government and NGO's n the field of youth participation makes Lithuania a good example to learn from.Aim of the project: Share the Lithuanian youth policy implementation model at the international level, as the European success story of efficient youth participation.Objectives of the project:1. Introduce participants with Lithuanian systemic approach towards youth participation.2. Analyze challenges and barriers for youth participation in 6 project countries and develop strategies on how to overcome them.3. Understand Lithuanian local and national level youth participation and co-management structures.4. Develop plans on how to empower young people to participate in various fields of the society.5. Create opportunities for young people to participate by using the cross-sectoral approach, evidence-based policy-making and using means of advocacy.Activities of the project:We plan to implement 2 educational activities in the framework of the project. Firstly, a 5 day Study visit ""Youth participation structures in Lithuania"" which will gather 28 participants from 6 project countries. Secondly, a Training course ""Youth participation: policy-making, advocacy and research"". It will be a 6-day training course providing civil servants, youth workers, young politicians, and youth leaders competencies needed to foster youth participation at the local level.The project will create the following results:56 youth workers, civil servants, young politicians and youth leaders will be trained in the frame of this project. After the study visit and the training course, they will be able to foster youth participation by institutionalizing best practices from Lithuania and other partner countries.Best practices on youth participation from Lithuania and other project countries will be described and disseminated among partner network and their local and international networks.Recommendations for using good practices in youth participation will be developed by the project consortium."

<< Objectives >>To help young refugees regain a sense of routine, security, resilience and friendship after displacement, youth workers from Progress Center, Laja & Permacultura aim at reaching the following project objectives:Objective 1: To CONNECT youth workers and youngsters to innovative tools for their well-being and mental health.Objective 2: To ENGAGE youth workers and youngsters in building resilience together.Objective 3: To EMPOWER youth refugee communities in working for building resilience.<< Implementation >>Participatory Visits in EE, PL and an online workshop to share tools & techniques concerning the core elements of our REBREATHE Framework. -Interactive book creation to transfer the new REBREATHE Framework-Course in Spain to implement and test the REBREATHE Framework to youth workers & young learners-REBREATHE Community to work on building resilience -Dissemination Campaign to share the project results (Conferences, Consultation Period, Internal Workshops, etc.) & reach more people.<< Results >>Forced migration is the beginning of the challenges refugees confront when adjusting to a new country & culture. These challenges have a more long-lasting impact on the mental health of many young refugees. Therefore, we expect youth refugee communities to use the REBREATHE Framework to learn new tools for recovering from traumatic events.This community will enable them to receive emotional support, become more resilient & use their skills and potential to fully integrate into the new country.